did you ever want some fancier buttons? or controls?
did you ever wonder how you can create some regular (or non-regular) 3d objects?
here’s how!

first of all you have to create a 2d object that you want to convert to 3d object. for example, you need a circle to create a sphere. or a square to create a cube.

the object has to be drawn as a section of the object from one side as showed in the image below.

then you have to select the object and go to the menu effect/3D/revolve

now you can adjust a lot of stuff like light intensity, ambient light, blend steps, shading color, and the surface(plastic, diffuse, wireframe or no shading).

the final object can be like this:

you can adjust the drawing even after you’ve created the 3d object. this way you can see the changes from the apearance window.

just to have an ideea here are some -3d objects that i’ve created for you.

if you’d like to see this in action, here’s the site i’ve used it on: mediacont.

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