POLE SUMMARY - 24 total, 6 swaged, 6 short unswaged, 12 long.
CONNECTOR SUMMARY - 9 total, 6 3-leg, 3 4-leg

1. Sort the poles: 6 short (5') with swage, 6 short without swage, and 12 long (5'-8"). Set the longs aside for awhile.
2. Assemble the shorts into 6 really longs, 10 feet. These are ridge and eve poles.
3. Using 6 of the longs (5'-8") as rafters, and the 6 really longs as ridge and eve poles, lay out where you want the canopy. The pattern is rectangular, two grids wide and two grids long. All really-longs go lengthwise, three rows. All longs go width-wise completing the two by two grid. Lay out connectors at each corner and intersection. The end connectors (6 of them) have 3 legs. The middle connectors (3 of them) have 4 legs.
4. Connect everything. It is easiest to start on one sides eve, then its rafters, then the ridge pole (down the middle). So far all is still flat on the ground. To do the second side requires lifting the ridge about 3 feet. When done, the ridge pole is a couple of feet above ground. Do not do the leg poles yet. MAKE SURE ALL SOCKETS ARE FULLY INSERTED.
5. Put on the canopy top, using the shock cords. Slip through the grommet first, then wrap around the pole and slip the ball between the cords. Then rotate the shock cord until the ball is adjacent to the grommet, thus locking it in. Use two cords at the corners. Shock cord goes only to horizontal poles: DO NOT TRY TO PUT SHOCK CORD AROUND THE CONNECTORS.
6. You should have 6 long poles left as legs. Get one. Go to one side, in the middle, and lift and insert the pole. Also insert a wooden foot. Repeat until 3 legs are done on one side.
7. Go to the other side and do the same there.
8. Make sure wooden feet are all ok. Tie things down if you expect wind.
9. Add sides and ends if you want them.