I have created a temporary workaround for this!
1) Download the 3D Plots Tools Add In
2) Open in Add In Builder File -> Open Navigate to the file for 3D plots Use the drop down open button to open with add in builder
3) Navigate to Menu Items -> click on 3D plot tools
4) At line 74, comment out
s3dwins = filter( wins, Expr( checkifs3d ) );
and replace with:
s3dwins = wins;
As below:
(This removes the requirement to only show scatter plots in the list of open windows)
5) Change the rotation axis to the z-axis as this works a lot better for Surface Plots using the below change (I've also found that a y angle of 180 works well
I'll try to come up with a nicer way of doing this and then push to the github!