Just starting with a cnc router and my experience so far. Lest anyone else wastes their time I thought I'd put a warning here.
Bought a version of vcarve pro which seems so far not bad - the only thing I've noticed so far that was unusual was a dialog box clearing when I chose some options - not a problem.
However I installed the software on a machine next to the router which is located in a shed away from where I work so I could create and modify the toolpaths there.
I then created a file on a trial software with my main work machine. But having spent some hours on it and then returning to open it on the cutting machine I've discovered that the file is locked to the trial software. There is no mention of this anywhere in the trial licencing that I saw or the website and if you take it up with the support all the sympathy you'll get is a google link to the definition of trial.
And that's for a customer who's paid for some not inexpensive software.
A marked contrast to the reaction of any of the support teams of any of the other software I've purchased.