What you try would be worked in 2D.
plot(-1:0.1:1,(-1:0.1:1).^2)
axis equal
xlabel('x');ylabel('y');
ax=gca
ax.YAxisLocation
pause(3)
ax.YAxisLocation='origin'
pause(3)
ax.YAxisLocation='right'
hold on
pause(3)
view(150,30)
Maybe the following code is what you want:
[xSphere,ySphere,zSphere] = sphere(16); %# Points on a sphere
hAX=scatter3(xSphere(:),ySphere(:),zSphere(:),'.'); %# Plot the points
hold on; %# Add to the plot
xlabel('x');
ylabel('y');
zlabel('z');
axis off
plot([0 0],[-2 2],'r-.')
plot([-2 2],[0 0],'r-.')
plot3([0 0],[0 0],[-2 2],'r-.')
or
axis on
box on
grid on
