No special software is needed. Any drawing program or photo editing software will work. Even windows paint. Do a google search in images for cockpit guages vector images. Up will come tons of images of individual guage faces. Save and bring whichever images you like into your image editing software. make sure the rulers are turned on in the software and reduce the image so that the faces measure down to what you need, usually 1-2 mm in diameter.
You can print the gauges on paper or decal paper and using a micro punch, punch out the faces and glue them in the correct locations and put a drop of future over it to make it look like glass.
Another way I do it is if I am using photoetch or I can scan in a cockpit guage cluster part or even make one with styrene with holes drilled out for the guages, I will scan it in, copy and paste the guages into the correct locations and then print the gauge faces as one print out. then line it up behind the plastic or metal part and glue in place and then add drops of future to make it look like glass.
I do not find accurate guages to the aircraft I am working on, I just use what ever looks close as I work in 48 scale and by the time the image is scaled down, there is no way to tell.