Improved 3D effects and Adobe Substance materials
We have introduced new and improved '3D and Materials' effects in 26.0 this year. These effects have been fully rebuilt using modern rendering technology and apart from being much more stable than classic 3D effects, they also allow you to:
* Apply and edit 3D effects conveniently through a non-blocking panel with real time preview.
* Texture artwork using Adobe Substance 3D materials that are highly adjustable. Choose from built-in materials in the panel or upload your own.
* Light up artwork with environment and directional light along with shadows.
* Create smooth and curvy extrusions using the new Inflate option.
* Rotate artwork more easily using the new on-canvas controls.
* Once you've setup your 3D object, render it using Ray tracing with adjustable quality options.
There are more features we're actively working on bringing to these effects. Please share your feedback and suggestions from your experience of using these new effects.

There are now several separate requests made, based on the feedback in this thread:
1. Regarding adjustable color and opacity for 3D shadows:
https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/47054086
2. Regarding presets for each tab in 3D and Materials panels: Object, Materials, Lighting:
http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/47350001
All those who commented on the topic until October 16, 2023, are already added as voters there. If this is something you want to have for 3D and Materials in Illustrator — please upvote it. If possible — create new requests and bug reports about 3D, rather than commenting here inside. This will help the team to better prioritize efforts on making the feature better. As always — thanks for the feedback! It helps.
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Maria Carlos Cardeiro commented
nice feature, well done! But...in this new update i can't change 3d color materials in illustrator, may update 2022
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Aaron commented
I need my wireframe render back
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Matthew Johnson commented
Needs a lot of optimization for lower end graphics cards
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Mille commented
How do I remove an added effect? I applied "inflate", but it's not the effect i wanted, but I can figure out how to remove it
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Ray Sheun commented
don't know is it my pc's problem or not , when i input 750mm * 320mm , the 3d model splits into two pieces. Still don't know how to fix it.
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Michael Murdoch commented
I think this is a really great tool, but I think having the ability to copy properties or things like that would really help when using multiple shapes that you want to have the same texture. This is a really nice tool though and helping me with a design for a conference!
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Emma Jackson commented
I used to use this feature alot to create 3D letterforms which I could then expand and edit as vectors. Now when I expand I can no longer edit the individual lines and fills on my shapes. It's removed functionaility and I have certain jobs that I cannot work out how to achieve now. Please fix.
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Jesse Birch commented
why can I no longer expand the final 3D text in order to edit it as a flat vector? Very annoying that this has been changed... and cant find any expalnation on how to do this now.
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Akshay Varshney commented
@兔寶寶 :
You cannot apply 3D revolve on two different objects that functionality is not supported. However, you can able to rotate more than one 3D object irrespective of its 3D properties. -
Akshay Varshney commented
@Ies Chan: Could you please share a short video of the issue also please share ai file as well.
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Ines Chan commented
Mapped graphic on the 3d object is very unstable, as it does not stay on the same settings when I rotate the 3d object. The graphic rotated when i rotate the 3d object too which is very annoying I have to adjust every time.
Also, i suggest to have transform control on mapped graphics, so as to have consistent design on 3d object.
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兔寶寶 commented
Hi! I watched a video on YT, it mentioned that you can select two objects at the same time to do 3D revolve, I've tried several times and failed, the software always show me that 3D can only work on one object at a time.
My AI version is up to date, and there are no hardware conflicts. I would like to know how to solve this problem, please help me.
Thank you all.
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JC Rodriguez commented
it would be nice to be able to edit or make new bevels
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Jerome, Map Art in Classic 3D is still there and won't be removed, ever, I believe.
The decal graphics system for the new 3D and Material is a technology preview, the dedicated panel has a warning about it. Using a technology that is in an active development gives us users, a chance to get a better tool in the end, but also leads to a less streamlined experience while we are going there.
However, nothing has been removed recently... are you using the Beta, the Prerelease build, or the main release version?
And yeah, frustration sucks, especially when something gets broken and I can't do anything about it... so please provide some more details for the team to understand what is happening for you. -
Jerome Zaccone commented
You removed the Map Art feature in Adobe Illustrator 22; I tried the new 3D features and they DON'T WORK!
Every time I try it, it crashes. I pay for this service and you have no right making my job harder and causing an incredible amount of frustration. What the **** am i suppose to tell my clients? "Sorry, but Adobe changed the App?"
Fire the engineer who did this.
Fix and fix it right away.
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Akshay Varshney commented
@KAJAL NI: Can you please share the ai file with us which is creating the problem?
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KAJAL NI commented
How it'll fix?
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KAJAL NI commented
The operation cannot complete because of an unknown error. [CLR?] in illustrator 2022, when using the 3D and materials. how it will fix?
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Thomas Dinkleman commented
Would it be possible to add 3D extrusion from a point? So that the extrusion tapers into a specific point from both sides, giving text the look of "popping" out of something, rather than having these mathematically perfect edges.
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Ryan Doggendorf commented
I really, really miss the wireframe mode without applied textures — is this still present somewhere?