It would help if you share your LayOut file so we can see how you have things set up both in LayOut and in the SketchUp file.
Did you use Zoom Extents to center and fill the model window in SketchUp with the model before creating the scene? If you did, and you don’t make any other modifications to the viewport, you should see the model centered for the top view too.
Here’s an example.
The scene in SketchUp with the chair centered and zoomed to fill the space as much as possible.
Switching from Front to Top.
