Click Cut by Plane
in the Styling Surfaces toolbar.
A Tools Palette is displayed:

The following icons let you:
define the compass plane
reset the plane orientation
select the subdivision surface
select the plane
choose the side to keep
translate the plane
rotate the plane
show the resulting mesh
apply the command
Click Surface Selection
.
Select the subdivision surface.
Click Plane Selection
.
Select the plane.
Here we selected the xy plane:

Click Surface Selection
to choose the side to keep.
One click on this icon reverses the side to keep:

Click Plane Translation
.
Hold down the left-mouse button and drag to translate the plane.

Click Plane Rotation
.
Hold down the left-mouse button and drag to rotate the plane.

Note:
Once the Plane Translation
or Plane Rotation
options have been selected, two icons appear in the Tools Palette:
Click Show resulting mesh
to visualize the base mesh.

Click Apply (Enter)
to validate the command.
