the general cone generators like 'cylinder([0 1])' are not usable for me.
I think they are. You just have to reposition the cone with an hgtransform.
[X,Y,Z]=cylinder([0 1],1000);
axis([-3 +3,-3 +3,-3 +3])
M=makehgtform('translate',[-1,-1,-1],'xrotate',pi/4,'yrotate',pi/4);
h=surf(X,Y,Z,'Parent',hgtransform('Matrix',M),'LineStyle','none','FaceAlpha',0.3);
view([-75,35])
axis vis3d
grid on

