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I'm doing an indoor show next week. In years past I borrowed gridwalls from a friend to fit the available smaller space.  This year, logistics didn't allow for that, so I talked to the show organizers, and decided to configure my Trimline for a space that's 10 feet wide x 5 feet deep.

I just got done setting it up in my driveway.  After a bit of head-scratching, it turned out to be easy.  Here's what I did:

Begin as you usually do, by setting up the "top section" of the tent.  (You  won't be needing the top canopy, center support, and plastic struts.)

1) Leave your back and front horizontal poles as they are, to give you a 10 foot wide space.  But you'll use only one section of each side pole, not two, to give you a 5 foot deep space.  (Use the piece with the pin at one end, and the narrow diameter at the other).

2) Attach everything as you usually do to build your 5x10 frame, hoist, and attach the vertical poles as usual. 

I own two mesh panels that are hinged at the center ("single-hinge" panel) , and another one, designed for a back-wall doorway, that has an extra hinge. 

1) Hang the multiple-hinge mesh panel on the back wall as usual.  Then:

2) Take one of the single-hinge mesh panels, and hook it as you normally would along the five-foot depth of the sidewall.  (At this point, you'll have a five foot section hanging off the back of your display.) 

3) Remove the metal stiffening rods from the top and bottom of the "hanging" section of mesh panel, then wrap the mesh  around the outside of the back pole and along the back wall of the display.  Hook it into place.

4) Repeat steps 2-3 for the other single-hinge panel on the other side wall. 

If, as I do, you have cloth mesh panel covers, you can follow a similar strategy to hang them.

1) Put the center seam of the cover at the front pole of your tent and attach it to the inside wall using the velcro. 

2) Wrap the rest of the 5-foot cloth around front pole, and along the outside wall.  Note that you won't have a velcro surface to attach it on the outside, but that's OK.  Use V-clamps or pins instead to fasten it.

3) Repeat steps 1) and 2) for the other side wall. 

4) Hang the back wall as you normally would. 

You're done!

I'll take pictures when I do this at the show next week and post them to this entry.