For most of the routine cabinet work, I try to keep everything to standard configurations which everyone becomes familiar with. For these cases, a good set of elevation drawings is usually adequate, with detailed drawings and sections of non-standard items. I draw in AutoCAD, then manually input standard items into Pattern Systems' Product Planner, which I've found to be quite flexible, though its output is unfortunately oriented toward a more automated operation than ours. I've looked at various software over the years and haven't found any that can do the drawings and produce the cutlists from that input and give me the flexibility we need for our custom product. Virtually every job also ends up with items that have to be cutlisted manually.
Every part ends up cutlisted.
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