h4><a name="Parameters">Parameters</a></h4>
<PRE>
 
   None. 
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<h4><a name="Exceptions">Exceptions</a></h4>
<PRE>
 
   1) The input plate may be degenerate: it may be a line segment 
      or a point. These are not considered to be erroneous inputs. 
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<h4><a name="Files">Files</a></h4>
<PRE>
 
   None. 
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<h4><a name="Particulars">Particulars</a></h4>
<PRE>
 
   This routine saves computation time by not scaling the output 
   vector to unit length. The caller can scale the vector using 