Couldn't you make a view template for sections?

Not that I can see.

I'd much rather have the head and the foot able to lock to the extents before this though.

Sure, but it won't help with this.

Scope boxes would probably be the way to go, you could have one that only covers one level, when you create your section assign it to the scope box for the level you want and then unassign it.

Even if there is a solution, I don't see any real time savings.

Andy,
If you're looking for quick working sections, try selecting a "detail" section rather than a "building" section upon creation. The detail section does not cut through the whole building. Sounds like this may be what you want.

Jon

What is this detail section you speak of?

Too bad I'm away from Revit. I can't wait to check it out.

Rob's got it right for what you say you want.

I'm certain you're familiar with it, or will be when you see the screen caps (Detail v section system family). Since you're away from revit at the moment, images attached. I could be wrong here, but i assumed that OP was speaking generically when referring to cutting sections through level one......the point being that every time a section is cut -- whether Level 1, Level 2, Level 3 -- they'd have to adjust the crop region which defaults to the model extents. I'm also making the assumption that OP is using the sections for modeling, and not documentation. Perhaps Andy will clarify the intent?

I work on a lot of high-rise projects, so adjusting crop extents for every section i cut would drive me to the edge of insanity....as would making temp scope boxes. I've found that cutting detail vs bldg sections is far more productive if i want to investigate a small section of the model. It's much quicker to stretch a crop region one or two levels rather than 10 or 20.

This much i know....the 'building' section always cuts through the vertical model extents while the detail only cuts a portion. I'd love to be enlightened how the vertical extents of a detail cut is determined. The results generated are different depending on the length of the detail cut (see sections 2 & 4).

Jon