Copying Skin Weights in Maya
Copying skin weights is an important aspect of rigging that allows you to make significant changes to your mesh without having to repaint weights from scratch...a massive time saver.
0:00:00 Overview and setup
0:02:18 Step 1 - Skinning fixed/updated mesh
0:03:10 Step 2 - Copying Weights
0:05:46 Step 3 - Cleanup (and final notes)