I now find my Wild Ginger software is 5 years old (bought in 2002) and I recall installing it when it first arrived (on another computer that has now been completely upgraded) and finding that what I thought I had ordered and was pictured on the first opening page bore absolutely no relation to the pattern instructions included in the software. For instance, the Martha's Favourites I ordered (No.9732) was, I thought a cowl-neck blouse, a fitted-waist dress, and a round or jewel-neck plain top with short sleeves.
What the software contained was a button-to-neck long-sleeved jacket and a straight skirt!
I don't now know whether it was my mistake or theirs. But I do remember reading on this newsgroup about that time that many people were having problems with the software and even more problems getting them attended to by the company. This now seems to have been resolved, and the company says it has corrected or upgraded many things due to customer's feedback.
I'm afraid I simply gave up on it (because I am in New Zealand (and a new CD would take ages to get to me and a long and complicated international call would have been very expensive then) and I never bothered to reinstall it until yesterday, when it all came back to me what was wrong with the original. I tried the upgrade link, but got a no listing message from the browser!
I then revisited the Wild Ginger website (the upgrade link message there was the same - no listing it said) and anyway I found that many of the old patterns are still on offer! Fashion has changed in the last five years and I would not make any of those old styles for myself now.
However, if the idea is to get a basic foundation sloper to use for up-to-date patterns, using CAD for the purpose, this will suit many many people and I commend it. For myself: I have a personal dress-form padded out (never in!) to fit me, and I use Sandra Betzina's FAST FIT to very good effect. I now have very good slopers for both woven and stretch type tops, skirts and slacks. Betzina offers easy to follow instructions to adjust patterns for just about every figure fault.
I struck a problem that was not in her instructions because I had a figure problem that it appears was not too common. Kate Dicey kindly supported an idea of mine to correct this problem and it seems to have worked.
I made all my slopers from the instructions in the FAST FIT book. I have other pattern-drafting and pattern-altering books and other material printed from relevant websites, but Betzina's book is by far the best. I can recommend it without reservation.
Another trick I find that works for me sometimes is to draft a pattern from a really well-fitting garment. The garment has to be reasonably new (so there is no stretch from laundering or whatever). I unpick bits where necessary and then resew. I have a large soft pattern-drafting board (about 3/8ths thick) that will take pins as it is soft inside. If you are tempted to do this, remember to add the seam allowance after you have made the pattern.