This tool is best used if trying to get an unconventional ceiling fabricated. Of the two options, it is the most involved, but if you follow the steps, it will work. I would suggest trying it in a 3D view to get a handle on the tools/steps before throwing in into your model. I have included screen grabs at each step.
1. Go to Architecture>Component>Model In-Place
2. …and select ceilings in the menu that opens. Name it whatever you'd like in the following box.
3. What I would now do is create an extrusion that is my ceiling. Do this by going to Sweep.
4. I would now draw a simple line that will be the path for my ceiling. In this example I am wanting a slanted ceiling swept across a Spline.
The dashed box represents the reference plain that will be extruded across my line. Click the green check when you are done drawing the line.
5. You now need to either draw the profile for the ceiling (Edit profile) or load one if you made the profile and saved it for Revit. Usually, I just draw it as I go.
6. When drawing the profile, I usually change the view to put the reference plain square with me (just for ease of use). You can do this by clicking on the box in the top right corner. If you do that, the view now looks like this:
Go ahead and draw your profile (keeping in mind the thickness of your ceiling)
After you get the profile drawn and the path finalized, click the green check three times to accept everything (or take your time and look through the fields before accepting them). You should now have a ceiling.
7. Lastly, use the Paint tool to apply the ceiling material so that it renders out and looks correct in your various views.
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