Short of a miracle or an update for future versions of SW: Creating a coordinate system in SW 

Update to the update: It seems that when creating Z Up views, the default reference planes are still organized in a Y+ axis system. You can get the views to update all day, but the actual axis systems don't follow, so if you *do* go this route, it seems like you'll have to start all your sketches from the View Selector, not the reference planes.

Update: I can update these views, but the changes are not propagating to the default reference planes. For instance, my "Right" view is not having an impact on my "Right" plane. ​​​​​​​Below is my right view:

Now here is when I choose normal to my Right reference plane:

My planes are "twisted" relative to my setups. The only plane that seems to work correctly is my XY "Top" plane. I'll leave my WIP for anyone that can solve it, but this may be causing more trouble than my imports normally do 😹

OP:

I made a few SOLIDWORKS Part and Assembly templates in imperial and metric formats to align the Z axis to up. SOLIDWORKS by default utilizes a Y-up setting, which can make importing into machining applications or file imports hinky. Enjoy!

I have a screengrab showing how the end product works, and the clicks to instal (System Settings > File Locations > Document Templates). Just extract these into an existing directory or add your own to the list. If you use SOLIDWORKS Connected on multiple computers, you may want to have these saved in a location backed up by 3D Drive to make sure that the templates are synchronized across devices.