Isaac
You are very welcome.
Cut 2d is a good programme, I use photoVcarve and I must say I have had some great results. Do not limit yourself to just 2D. I started the same way, and before I new it was in 4 axis machining and doing it well.
Again if you have someone near go and see them, nothing like face to face and hands on.
One other thing to remember, You will at sometime have a crash, and cutters will be broken and jobs ruined. Don't worry we have all been there. Just try and figure out what went wrong and where, 99.99999% its operator error.
I.E: Sh*t in Sh*t out.
For a beginner, I know this is a bit long winded but taught me a lot, have a dumby version on a computer and run your code, you will soon see if things go horrible wrong.
Good Luck
Katoh