t = linspace(0,10*pi,500); x1 = cos(t); y1 = sin(t); z1 = 0.5*t; x2 = 2*cos(2*t); y2 = 2*sin(2*t); z2 = z1; h1 = animatedline('Color','b','Marker','o','LineStyle','none'); h2 = animatedline('Color','r','Marker','*','LineStyle','none'); axis([-2 2 -2 2 -1 20]) hold on for n=1:length(t) addpoints(h1,x1(n),y1(n),z1(n)); addpoints(h2,x2(n),y2(n),z2(n)); drawnow; end hold off