Technical Artist Sergio Mucino has a look at Weight Containers in Modo. Due to the large amount of confusion floating around as to what a weight container is and exactly what it does, Sergio provides a great basic introduction to Modo Deformer Weight Containers.

This video is a very simple and quick introduction into Weight Containers in Modo, what they do, and how to use them.Sergio Mucino – MaxTD.net

A Weight Container can be thought of as as an abstraction that holds a reference to a group of components in a scene. Weight Containers can then transfer transforms values to the components. Sergio also offers some practical examples as to how Weight Containers in Modo might be used.