How to create a dataset from a motion path in 3D?

Question

MATLAB

Hello,
I need to create a dataset of coordinates from the trajectory of the movement of the manipulator.
That is, a tractor (any) in 3D space is divided into x, y, z coordinate points and written to an array.
I found only a way to write out data from plot3 in this way

ch=get(gca,'children');
    X_data=get(ch,'Xdata');
    Y_data=get(ch,'Ydata');
    Z_data=get(ch,'Zdata');

But I would like to avoid using path drawing (now I use it purely for general visualization). Can someone tell me a more convenient and beautiful way?
Thank you in advance for your help