Can MATLAB create a plot where the XY plane is an MDS scatterplot, the Z -axis an independent variable and the peaks(of x,y,z coordinates) are interconnected into another MDS network??

Let's say i have a 2D multidimensional scaling scatterplot with the relative distances(variable 1) of several locations[e.g. towns] and I want to make a 3D plot that adds as a third axis(Z) an independent variable(variable 2)as vertical bars/lines. Then I want to connect the peaks of these vertical bars/lines of this 3D graph in such a way as to represent the similarity distances among each peak(variable 3)-essentially another MDS plot. By that I mean to show only the lines connecting the more similar points using a threshold value i chose. Sort like this:

How can i tell MATLAB to do this?