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You could request this as an ArcGIS Idea but so far, at least for me, requirements like this have been easy to meet by just opening a new MapDocument object so I suspect it would not attract a lot of votes.

For example, when Selecting predefined ArcMap template using ArcPy? means a "predefined template" to be an MXD located in a Map template folder inside an ArcGIS installation directory, it should just need:

mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument(r"Current")

(although there is no need for the r before "Current" above)

to be replaced with:

mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument(r"<path>\<template>.mxd")

You could request this as an ArcGIS Idea but so far, at least for me, requirements like this have been easy to meet by just opening a new MapDocument object so I suspect it would not attract a lot of votes.

For example, when Selecting predefined ArcMap template using ArcPy? means a "predefined template" to be an MXD located in a Map template folder inside an ArcGIS installation directory, it should just need:

mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument(r"Current")

(although there is no need for the r before "Current" above)

to be replaced with:

mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument(r"<path>\<template>.mxd")

Assuming that by "predefined template" you mean an MXD located in your Map template folder inside your ArcGIS installation directory, you should simply need to replace:

mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument(r"Current")

(although there is no need for the r before "Current" above)

with:

mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument(r"<path>\<template>.mxd")

You could request this as an ArcGIS Idea but so far, at least for me, requirements like this have been easy to meet by just opening a new MapDocument object so I suspect it would not attract a lot of votes.

For example, when Selecting predefined ArcMap template using ArcPy? means a "predefined template" to be an MXD located in a Map template folder inside an ArcGIS installation directory, it should just need:

mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument(r"Current")

(although there is no need for the r before "Current" above)

to be replaced with:

mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument(r"<path>\<template>.mxd")

Assuming that by "predefined template" you simply mean an MXD located in your Map template folder inside your ArcGIS installation directory, you should simply need to replace:

mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument(r"Current")

(although there is no need for the r before "Current" above)

with:

mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument(r"<path>\<template>.mxd")

Assuming that by "predefined template" you mean an MXD located in your Map template folder inside your ArcGIS installation directory, you should simply need to replace:

mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument(r"Current")

(although there is no need for the r before "Current" above)

with:

mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument(r"<path>\<template>.mxd")