Pathological Slice Test Pumpkin

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Skeinforge can take a considerable amount of time for intricate meshes, so I've been experimenting with ways to speed up the process. Currently, my fastest method involves using a slice viewer that displays only the plane intersections of a mesh. To test its efficiency, I used a 250,000 triangle mesh created in Blender with the sculpt tool. I also have a version with one million triangles, but let's not push it too far. If you manage to slice and print this, please share the time Skeinforge took for completion, as this data will be helpful for future benchmarking. Additionally, I've included a copy of the Processing sketch MeshMRI. To use it, place both the test STL file and the sketch in a directory named MeshMRI to avoid any issues with Processing. You can experiment with other meshes by placing them in this directory and modifying the load text within the MeshMRI sketch file. Please note that currently, MeshMRI only supports binary-coded STL files, which is the default export from Blender. If you have ASCII files, simply convert them to binary using Blender for optimal results.