Zeth Willie from his blog WillieWork takes a look at answering the question “why do people use so many group nodes when creating a rig in Maya?” with this brief tutorial covering some basic ways to use groups in a Maya rig and why you might want to consider doing so.

Zeth Willie notes: “A relatively brief video about some basic ways I use groups within my rigs. Nothing crazy, just the basic idea of the how’s and why’s.”