Hello Tom,
 TH> I'm looking for a lisp routine or add-on that will give a small
 TH> magnified window that can be brought on top of a drawing in order
 TH> to view any section of that drawing(magnified), without having to
 TH> zoom in and out.
No, don't think so. But there are displaylist-dirvers that offer a spyglass 
option. For example, TurboDLDdeLuxe, Soft Engine and Matrox software.
 TH> Is there a way to resize inserted blocks or trim them and still
 TH> maintain them as a block. I'm inserting them between two p-lines?
You can resize inserted blocks using the DDMODIFY command. Trimming blocks is 
not possible, you have to redefine them...
 TH> Once a block is exploded, is there a way to make it back into a
 TH> block at its new size. I've used scaling, but that uses trial and
Scaling is more easy to use if you use the 'reference' command. That way, you 
can 'drag' your blocks when scaling them.
Greetings, Simon.
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