December, 2007
In this tutorial we will show you how to create a basic 3D extrude effect, in Adobe Illustrator CS3.
Start a new document.
Then, select the Rectangle Tool and draw a rectangle:
After that, go to: Effect/3D/Extrude and Bevel at the Main Menu:

The 3D Extrude window will pop up.
Select the following settings:

Click: OK
You will have this 3D rectangle:

You can easily rotate it with the Rotate Tool, so you can see more sides of the object:

You can also change the sides color by double clicking the Stroke Color at the Toolsbar panel, look:

Its easy, then you can add more 3d rectangles and design them with letters, or any icon you desire:

Have a nice day =)
Download the original source files from this tutorial in Zip format Here
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