Depending on the kind of diagrams you are making, there is often a Rearrange layout icon enabled in the Modelling toolbar. Also, right click on the background of the diagram to be able to find and select that option. However, I'm not sure if you are going to be satisfied of the result of the auto-arrange capabilities of VS2010.
There is an MSDN sample that lets you align and resize shapes using a command.
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