Can the "grid/mesh" of 3D-objects be made transparent?

Hi,

As a new user I appreciate the work-reducing plotting routines in MATLAB. I often use Cylinder and vary the transparency of the cylinder surfaces.

Can I also make the black lines ("grid/mesh") that outline the cylinder, transparent to a varying degree?

Thanks

Just an example:

i_max = 10;
for i = 1 : i_max
  [X,Y,Z] = cylinder();
  h(i)=surf(X,Y,Z);
  a = 0.0; b = 1.0;
  r1 = (b-a).*rand(1,1) + a
  r2 = (b-a).*rand(1,1) + a;
  r3 = (b-a).*rand(1,1) + a;
  a = 0.5 * (1/i_max) * (i_max-i);
  set(h(i),'FaceColor',[r1 r2 r3],'FaceAlpha', a );
  hold on;
  t = hgtransform;
  set(h(i),'Parent', t);
  Tra = makehgtform('translate', [1.2*i 1.2*i 1.2*i]);
  set(t,'Matrix',Tra);
end