Engineers strive to achieve creative and innovative solutions to a design problem by searching for the best solutions possible. This, often means they need to figure out a solution which will get the job done, but will still be done using a minimum of materials, to be built at minimal cost, to be aesthetically pleasing, etc. In practice, the best solution has a balance of ideal aims and practical limitations. There is always a give and take of good and bad in a design.

Design engineers often work with actual dimensions of a product as well as the materials themselves.

YOUR TASK IS DIFFERENT IN THAT YOU ONLY NEED TO FOCUS ON THE CHANGE IN MATERIAL, BUT IF YOU FEEL THAT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO CHANGE THE DESIGN AS WELL TO ACCOMMODATE YOUR CHOICE, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DO SO.