I cannot stand the Model Views tab, so I choose to not use it.
Instead, I add my Models to the Sheet List tab, in sub-sets designated to not publish, and then incorporate a small LISP snippet into AcadDoc.lsp to check if the drawing being opened resides in our folder for Models, it automagically changes to Model tab for me.
Code:
;;;--------------------------------------------------------------------;
;;; Activate model tab when opening models from ssm
(if (and (wcmatch (strcase (getvar 'dwgprefix))
"*\\YourDirectoryHere*"
)
(/= 1 (getvar 'tilemode))
)
(setvar 'tilemode 1)
)
;;;--------------------------------------------------------------------;