Create a 2D image based on what a camera would see

I'm trying to perform some basic image analysis of 3D objects. What I'd like to be able to do is capture in matrix form what a camera would see given distance from object, viewing angle, and resolution of the viewer. Are there any existing functions or toolboxes that could help me achieve this?

Answer 1

[Matt J]

You could just do a surface plot of the object, set the camera position parameters of the axes, and then use exportgraphics (which has a Resolution parameter). Then, I guess you could read in the image file back into a Matlab matrix with imread.