Illustrator file not continusely rasterizing

I have a bitmap (2075 x 1556) I Image Traced into a vecor image in Illustrator CC and then brought that into After Effects CC, I put it in a layer and turn on the little sun icon on the layer to continusely rasterize, but when I zoom in on the layer the lines go all pixelated.
I've used this path before with CS6 and it worked fine, anything obvious I may have missed as in Illustartor if I zoom in 1,000% lines are sharp as you would expect.
AI File here - http://www.federatedfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Co-Active%20Model.ai.zip
TIA
Kevin

Ok made layers 3D and that works, but when I turn on the pre-comp's continuesly rasterize option the comp renders in a strange rough texture instead of the smooth block graphics it was created in.
Comp output correct (though fuzzy) with continuesly rasterize off on precomp
Comp output grainy with continuesly rasterize switched on, on the precomp

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