Scene content not rendering when using ibl

HI there
This has now happened a couple of times , both with external ibls imported and with ibl content from daz. I make the scene up, and then when i go to check it in the irayl section of the prevue screen or render using iray, all i get is the IBL image, no content no ground plane, nothing.
I thought at first there must be a dome or something in the scene but it happens with all vue points and all cameras when it happens, which is not every time.
No idea whats causing this and would love to solve it.
Comments
Is you camera below the ground level?
Nope I saved the scene loaded it in to another version of studio and it worked fine. Its really strange.