Repousse won't extrude the whole Layer Mask, only the outside edge?

So I'm trying to Repousse a layer mask of this semi complex shape
But when I try to Repousse, it fills in the interior, and only extrudes the outline portion (See how it fills the inside with the gray material)
I'm not sure why this is happening, can someone fill me in on why this would happen? I want to be able to see through the shape inside this object...
Thanks all!

One way is to divide the shape into three layers (the outer ring, inner ring and Fleur-De-Lis shape), then turn each layer or mask into Repousse and merge the three layers into a new 3d layer.
Then can you edit the individual meshes in the repousse by using the mesh tool to select a mesh to edit. (you'd probably get better results using paths to make the shapes)
In repousse you can create the holes by making the constraint active and choosing hole.
There is lots of info on using the different 3d tools in the photoshop help.
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/photoshop/cs/using/WSba26e7b0742782c7399326471256fcde1d6-8000. ht

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