The ideas to build up multiple view templates is grand and submitted elsewhere (HERE). I definitely need the ability to separate Revit Links, and its sub categories, from the remainder of view settings. As an MEP user I would think about it this way: Lets say I have a heavily "stepped" building. Architecture has setup their backgrounds with plan regions and captured all the floor elevation changes. I configure my floor plans to look the way that I want, model categories, filters etc, this is something I could easily apply to every level of my building, except its best to now use LINKED VIEWs to have the architectural background plot correctly. This forces me to have separate view templates for each floor which is a huge pain to keep up with.