ThingView render modes

We’re using Windchill Navigate 10.1 with custom mashups that display 3D models from Windchill as well as PVZ files published from Creo Illustrate.  Our illustrators take advantage of the nice render modes in Creo Illustrate but ThingView can only display as “Shaded”.  We’ve been in contact with PTC about this, asking if there are any plans to add render modes to ThingView, or at least be able to display 3D models using the render mode of the source file.  PTC’s response is “want to do it at some point but currently no plans to implement”.

We’re beginning a project to implement Connected Work Cell and trying to decide if we need to have the Creo Illustrate authors stick to “Shaded” render mode since that’s what (I assume) will be displayed in CWC.

I’m curious if others have encountered the same issue or found any workarounds.

Thanks!