I'm really sorry, you are right I mistakenly used Dimensions instead of Measure Path.

It seems that the way you gave me works perfectly for counting the area. Thank you very much for your help! I'm surprised that this is so easy.

Once again - sorry for the confusion.

Which arrows? These: http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/images/EFFECTS/Effects_Dimensions.png That's what Measure Path does - it creates arrows on both sides of the selected object. How this tool makes possible to calculate the area of the complicated shapes, like I showed in my first post?

How these arrows from Measure Path calculate the area of my shapes? Thanks for your replay but I don't think this is an answer to my question..

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