Electric has a number of placement tools that can rearrange a circuit so that routing is easier. The tools can handle schematic or layout cells.

To run placement, use the Floorplan and Place Current Cell command (in menu Tools / Placement). This selects an appropriate placement algorithm to run.
For more precise control over placement, you can select a particular algorithm in the Placement Preferences (in menu File / Preferences..., "Tools" section, "Placement" tab) and then use the Place Current Cell with Preferred Algorithm command. The Placement Preferences not only selects the algorithm, but has parameters for controlling its operation.
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These are the possible placement algorithms:

Algorithm	Placer	Notes
Force Directed	#1	Gives good results quickly (seconds). Additional time and threads does not improve results
	#2	Recommended for highly-symmetric cell layouts (pads, memory)
	row/col	Useful for fixed-pitch cells
Genetic	#1 / #2	Needs long runtime. Additional threads do not help
Simulated Annealing	#1	Not recommended for use
	#2	Has best overall results. Recommended runtime: 5 minutes
	row/col	Useful for fixed-pitch cells
Bottom-up partition		Used to break large circuits into subproblems
Bottom-up placement		Fast and good quality for placing random-sized nodes
Min-cut		Simple placer that does not use multiple threads
Simple and Random		Places linearly/randomly: not recommended