#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

#define ALL(a)  (a).begin(),(a).end()
#define ALLR(a)  (a).rbegin(),(a).rend()
#define spa << " " <<
#define lfs <<fixed<<setprecision(10)<<
#define test cout<<"test"<<endl;
#define fi first
#define se second
#define MP make_pair
#define PB push_back
#define EB emplace_back
#define rep(i,n,m) for(ll i = n; i < (ll)(m); i++)
#define rrep(i,n,m) for(ll i = n - 1; i >= (ll)(m); i--)
typedef long long ll;
typedef long double ld;
const ll MOD = 1e9+7;
//const ll MOD = 998244353;
const ll INF = 1e18;
using P = pair<ll, ll>;
template<typename T>
void chmin(T &a,T b){if(a>b)a=b;}
template<typename T>
void chmax(T &a,T b){if(a<b)a=b;}
void pmod(ll &a,ll b){a=(a+b)%MOD;}
void pmod(ll &a,ll b,ll c){a=(b+c)%MOD;}
void qmod(ll &a,ll b){a=(a*b)%MOD;}
void qmod(ll &a,ll b,ll c){a=(b*c)%MOD;}
ll median(ll a,ll b, ll c){return a+b+c-max({a,b,c})-min({a,b,c});}
void ans1(bool x){if(x) cout<<"Yes"<<endl;else cout<<"No"<<endl;}
void ans2(bool x){if(x) cout<<"YES"<<endl;else cout<<"NO"<<endl;}
void ans3(bool x){if(x) cout<<"Yay!"<<endl;else cout<<":("<<endl;}
template<typename T1,typename T2>
void ans(bool x,T1 y,T2 z){if(x)cout<<y<<endl;else cout<<z<<endl;}  
template<typename T>
void debug(vector<vector<T>>v,ll h,ll w){for(ll i=0;i<h;i++)
{cout<<v[i][0];for(ll j=1;j<w;j++)cout spa v[i][j];cout<<endl;}};
void debug(vector<string>v,ll h,ll w){for(ll i=0;i<h;i++)
{for(ll j=0;j<w;j++)cout<<v[i][j];cout<<endl;}};
template<typename T>
void debug(vector<T>v,ll n){cout<<v[0];
for(ll i=1;i<n;i++)cout spa v[i];cout<<endl;};
template<typename T>
vector<vector<T>>vec(ll x, ll y, T w){
  vector<vector<T>>v(x,vector<T>(y,w));return v;}
ll gcd(ll x,ll y){ll r;while(y!=0&&(r=x%y)!=0){x=y;y=r;}return y==0?x:y;}
template<typename T>
void emp(map<T,ll>&m, T x){m.emplace(x,0).first->second++;}
vector<ll>dx={1,0,-1,0,1,1,-1,-1};
vector<ll>dy={0,1,0,-1,1,-1,1,-1};

int main(){
  cin.tie(NULL);
  ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
  ll res=0,res1=INF,res2=-INF,buf=0;
  bool judge = true;
  ll n,k;cin>>n>>k;
  ll m;
  auto v=vec(1000,1000,'.');
  rep(i,1,1001){
    if(min(i*i,i*k)>=n){
      m=i;
      buf=0;
      ll x=min(i,k);
      rep(j,0,i){
        rep(o,0,x){
          v[j][(x*j+o)%i]='#';
          buf++;
          if(buf==n)break;
        }
        if(buf==n)break;
      }
      break;
    }
  }
  cout<<m<<endl;
  rep(i,0,m){
    rep(j,0,m)cout<<v[i][j];
    cout<<endl;
  }
  return 0;
}