The operation of ever more complex high energy particle accelerators r
equires a powerful and user friendly architecture of application progr
ams for machine physics. Among the possible applications, those concer
ning beam optics have been selected and it is shown that ail the first
order corrections, whether they are related to linear or non-linear f
ields, can be treated within a unified system. Examples of application
are given for various types of beam steering in the PS complex.