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Basic tools are good light, layout tools (square, rule, 45 and 30/60 degree triangles), sharp knife and patience. Useful additions are vernier calipers and sharp pencil. Most doors and windows have brick molding and other trim attached. The trim over laps the cutout just like the real stuff. Calipers are used to measure the door/window minus the molding. The rest is appling the dimension to the walls, marking accurately, cutting carefully. I'll use a block to help guide the knife along the marked lines. I let the knife do the work which means multiple strokes. I cut inside the lines and use fine files to adjust to final fit.
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