The only draw back to this is trying to remove the texture, or trying to replace it. The only way i know how to get rid of the texture for sure is to disable the 3d option while there is nothing in the shape effect.
Err...here is the result of what I was talking about. Its the one on the bottom left (obviously


Originally, I was comparing ASP 3d features to a 3D .obj file, and trying to see if i can get them to look really similar, but then I stumbled onto something really cool. It may be an old thing that everyone knows already, but its new to me =).