Stream lining the process

[John Windswept Design]

I'm making sections and elevations with section viewport. I find that every time I have to set up the layers and classes of that viewport as the tool doesn't seem to save its settings.

Is there a way to set up the tool to make standard view ports?

Has anybody tried to set up a template with the sections and elevation viewports already set up. So as you draw the in plan the sections and elevations are magically appearing on their respective sheets? Sounds like a good idea for those of us doing single residential.

[John Windswept Design]

The grid inside a view doesn't seem to correspond to the elevations. Elevation 0'-0" is set to top of main floor which is great as I can use the automatic elevation markers. But the grid is not in the same position. So if I want to draw a box 4' down from 0'-0" I have to type it in. Is there a way to set the grid inside viewport with out effecting the grid in plan view or changing the elevation markers?