diff --git a/src/GUI/Plater.cpp b/src/GUI/Plater.cpp
index 6336fc3f1..25b99ec16 100644
--- a/src/GUI/Plater.cpp
+++ b/src/GUI/Plater.cpp
@@ -373,12 +373,15 @@ void Plater::refresh_canvases() {
 }
 
 void Plater::arrange() {
-    // pause background process
-    Slic3r::Log::info(LogChannel, L"Called arrange()");
-    auto bb {Slic3r::BoundingBoxf(this->config->get<ConfigOptionPoints>("bed_shape").values)};
-    bool success {this->model->arrange_objects(5, &bb)};
+    // TODO pause background process
+    const Slic3r::BoundingBoxf bb {Slic3r::BoundingBoxf(this->config->get<ConfigOptionPoints>("bed_shape").values)};
+    bool success {this->model->arrange_objects(this->config->min_object_distance(), &bb)};
 
-    GetFrame()->statusbar->SetStatusText(_("Objects were arranged."));
+    if (success) {
+        GetFrame()->statusbar->SetStatusText(_("Objects were arranged."));
+    } else {
+        GetFrame()->statusbar->SetStatusText(_("Arrange failed."));
+    }
     this->on_model_change(true);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/GUI/Plater.hpp b/src/GUI/Plater.hpp
index 8898ea037..394cd2843 100644
--- a/src/GUI/Plater.hpp
+++ b/src/GUI/Plater.hpp
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public:
     Plater(wxWindow* parent, const wxString& title, std::shared_ptr<Settings> _settings);
     void add();
     
-    /// Arrange models
+    /// Arrange models via a simple packing mechanism based on bounding boxes.
     void arrange();
 
     /// Ask if there are any unsaved changes.
@@ -90,8 +90,9 @@ private:
     int get_object_index(size_t object_id);
 
     Slic3r::Pointf bed_centerf() {
-        auto bed_shape { Slic3r::Polygon::new_scale(this->config->get<ConfigOptionPoints>("bed_shape").values) };
-        return Slic3r::Pointf();
+        const auto& bed_shape { Slic3r::Polygon::new_scale(this->config->get<ConfigOptionPoints>("bed_shape").values) };
+        const auto& bed_center {BoundingBox(bed_shape).center()};
+        return Slic3r::Pointf::new_unscale(bed_center);
     }
 
     /// Build thumbnails for the models