Better temperature towers 240-160, 220-180 and 200-160

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No two filaments are alike and no two give their best at the same temperature, so I made this temperature tower to test filament temperatures. It goes down to 160 degrees Celsius because I've had some cheap Chinese filaments run like water at 190 degrees but print perfectly at 160 degrees. I am including three towers: a 240-160, 220-180, and 200-160 versions. This temperature tower has square edges, lettering, 40-degree angles, 60-degree angles, and bridges. Print the temperature/layer settings at a layer height of 0.2mm to apply the notes below. I print it (stopping it if it quits early), then give it a good look and see what temperature all the above printed best at. Then, I start snapping off pieces with my hands to see which temp gives me the best layer adhesion and mark the spool with that temperature. I use Simplify3D. If you're using S3D, click "edit process settings," find the appropriate temperature range in the notes below, and enter the "layer temperature settings" into it. I then "save as new" next to "select profile" and give it the temperature range name so I don't have to do it again. It's really that easy with S3D. With Cura or Slic3r, you'll need to manually edit the file or find a script to change the layers, because Cura used to have a plugin for "change at layer height" but it's not available in new versions I can see. If using Simplify3D, set the Unsupported area threshold under the other tab to 25 or below instead of 50. 50 is a bit high for short bridges.