Is it possible to use the "paste in place" feature in your case? I use this a lot to more efficiently work on a model outside of a larger/bulkier scene, or if a client updates a building (or a part of a building) I can just copy and "paste in place" their model back into my overall scene (assuming they didn't move the building or part from it's original location).

Here’s a question I’ve not been able to find an answer for - hopefully someone in SketchupLand will understand what I’m trying to do and possibly have a solution.

Many times I've had a rendering all set up and ready to go and a client will ask "can you extend the view up more?". If they asked to look more to the right or left, that would be no problem, as I'd just resize my view window and add all the width they could ever want. But try to add more to the sky and/or ground and you have to relocate the camera - pull it back or change the field of view - which can completely upset the scene you've so carefully composed.

My renderer of choice is Maxwell Render, and unfortunately this issue exists there as well. You can add all you want to the sides of a rendering (making it wider), but the top and bottom points are strictly maintained. This is not the case in Vray, where you can set the output to make it as tall as you want and the side points are maintained instead.

There are too many advantages for my workflow using Maxwell, so the simple answer of "use Vray instead" is a non-starter. If anyone has a trick or plug-in or other solution (write a custom script?) that will work within Sketchup (and ultimately Maxwell), I'd be most appreciative!

thanks!
Kirk