This is an interesting feature of Illustrator: you create a 3d object and then you can transform it in small parts (the non intersecting ones), to convert it in a true and much betterClick image for larger version. 

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ID:	110296 vector 3d-like logo. I attach an example (you can find lots of tuts on youtube).