I write a script in matlab, which produces figures out a set of data.
The figures are supposed to rather similar with respect to formating, and each of them is ought to
A convenient way to generate a function that sets all the parameters such that the figure (as in @gnovice's post) will look just right is to create the first figure with all the data (including the 3D points) and all the formatting, and then choose from the FILE-menu the command GENERATE M-FILE... (have a look at the tutorial linked here).
This creates a function that you can save on the Matlab path, and which you can later call with new input to create an exact clone of the first figure with new data.