I posted about this yesterday and received a response from Egor, but I can't find how to respond to his message here (I don't see it under my original post?).

My issue is that in the new 3D Extrude Bevel tool, the Perspective Slider is completely locked and I cannot enter any value into the text box. I have tried this tool on multiple shapes/texts, etc.. and it does not work on any object.

However, the perspective slider in the 'Classic" 3D tool does work! Weird.

I am using AI 27.3.1 on a Mac OS Ventura 13.2.1 with 64g of RAM

I'm attached the AI file with a simple example of an attempt to extrude some outlined text. Thank you!

The Perspective 'slided' under the 'rotation tools' does not work. By that I mean it does not move. Cannot move it all. A slide is supposed to slide.

I've tried it in different files, on type, outlined text, shapes, boxes. Nothing. There is no object in any file that will allow me to use the perspective slider located at the bottom under 'rotation'.

Is there a reason a simple shape splits when I use the perspective slider? Is there a way around this? I have the latest version of Illustrator and it's still happening

how do I change the colour of the shadow? to make it darker like the sample?

I want to rotate an object in 3D space, without the lighting effects. The lighting effects change the color palette of the object and it appears I cannot remove the lighting effects.

I made 5 pie charts and they all look great. I made another one the very same way and it's pixelated beyond use. Everything is updated and built in the same way with the same effects. What gives?

Where's map art onto 3D extruded objects? The old version (screen attached) of 3D is much better and is actually usable. I have a brand new Mac Book Pro and it's rendering and spinning with every dial adjustment in "3D and appearance" in Adobe 2022, and it's excruciatingly slow. No mapping of symbols, or is it somewhere else?

The extrude function of illustrator 2023 dowloaded on my mac has never rendered the color on the sides of the object. This happens whether I view the file using cpu or gpu or when I choose to render the object as a vector or not. Anyone able to help?

Gordon, this is useful enough already, and a lot of artwork has been created with the effect. But this is not a block shadow indeed, it is mostly raster based at the moment, and more generalised than just a block shadow, with a wider variety of possibilities. Sure the team is going to develop it further.
If you want to have the same block shadow you had previously in FlexiSign, you can vote here to add it in Illustrator: https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657-illustrator-desktop-feature-requests/suggestions/34975705-long-block-shadow-effect
Also, there is specialised paid plugin available to do exactly this, AG Block Shadow, you can use today.

Stop. Further developing this clunky effect it is pointless. You need to go back to the start.
Block Shadows have been a staple of signage /graphic design since 'the start'. It should be simple. Take a look at FlexiSign (now defunct) for a clear, concise Lettering effects interface.

Make object layering a thing: make separate objects be able to stack on top and be placed behind other objects while still creating realistic shadows.

Make separate/individual objects have the ability to be different materials when grouped

@olesia O: Please make sure that selected object is 3D and it doesn't contain multiple 3D effects for that case we'll not allow to apply any of 3D properties including base Material too.

On 3D and Materials panel impossible to select Base material, i press select Base material (ball) but it just deselects itself. And no Base properties parameters are visible, looks like it doesn't exist on the panel

Hello, would be great if there is an option to control shadow opacity. Thanks!

ecco il file che mi avete chiesto in risposta al messaggio di Egor Chistyakov , per l analisi del problema. Grazie

Please add a no-shading option so we can use the strokes as shadows on the type I find it renders cloudy and pixilated even at the highest resolution. Is there a way to get it to look like an actual vector when it's done? however, i do love it if I can get it to render better.

non mi fa inserire l immagine nella grafica 3d , processo che faccio è: 3d\ materiali \ grafica \ aggiungo la grafica, la seleziono, l aggiungo ma non si vede nulla

Opacity lost on overlaid object.
Also ultimately just using to quickly render vector shapes in appropriate 3d plane. I don't understand how to expand them back out as simple vector lines as in before effect was applied.

希望新增光照條件下，對陰影參數更多的自定義調整：包括範圍增加、顏色、不透明度、疊加模式？ 。還有物體材質參數可以更多點，包括：透明物體、玻璃質感？

以及不同3D属性的组合物体如何整体调整光照及投影？

@Jas: Please check the object selected. If you have multiselection with different 3D properties then you cannot change 3D properties. It works for object selected with same 3D properties.