Currently the alpha values applied to materials within a grasshopper script are not interpreted by the Viktor.AI geometry render view. This makes the visualisation possibilities from grasshopper applications very limited.
For example, we have several grasshopper applications that visualise 3D volumes, such as soil, with items within it. The alpha values we apply to the grasshopper materials means that the volumetric elements are hiding the geometry within. We have other applications where the transparency makes the geometry much clearer to the end user.
I think this is relevant for the VIKTOR platform because it makes the grasshopper link much more usable and opens up development of applications to many more people who are more accustomed to GH for geometry generation. We have several grasshopper applications we would like to put on the platform but we are limited at the moment by this as they will not translate.
Submitter proposed design (optional)
Modify the geometry view/rhino integration so it can account for alpha values in material properties assigned on the grasshopper end (ideal) or provide additional functionality to the SDK so the property can be modified from the Python script.
Current workarounds
None that I am aware of.