Hey guys!  I just had a quick question...

I was trying to generate the graph of this function (in Cartesian coordinates):

-z + 1.00003 = (3x^2 + 3y^2)/(200000)

However, when I render the following code, nothing shows up except for the
plane:

#version 3.6;
#include "colors.inc"

global_settings {
  max_trace_level 256
  ambient_light White
  assumed_gamma 1.0
}

camera {
  location <10,10,0>
  look_at <0,0,0>
  // rotate <0,0,-clock*90>
}

light_source {
  <1000,1000,0>
  color White
}

plane {
  y, -10
  pigment { hexagon Green, White, Blue }
}

isosurface {
  function {
    -y - ((3*pow(x,2) + 3*pow(z,2))/(200000)) + 1.00003
  }
  // contained_by { box { -2,2 } }
  pigment {
    color Red
  }
}

I'm assuming that even though z = -x (in POV-Ray), it doesn't really matter for
the equation since x (in the equation) is squared.  Thanks in advance!

- Chaanakya

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