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

#define REP(i, m, n) for (int i = (m); i < (int)(n); i++)
#define rep(i, n) REP(i, 0, n)
#define rrep(i, x) for (int i = ((int)(x)-1); i >= 0; i--)
#define reps(i, n) for (int i = 0; i <= (int)(n); i++)
#define all(x) (x).begin(), (x).end()
#define rall(x) (x).rbegin(), (x).rend()
#define pb push_back
typedef long long ll;
typedef pair<int, int> P;
const int inf = INT_MAX;
const ll INF = 1LL << 60;
const ll mod = 1e9 + 7;

int main() {
    cin.tie(0);
    ios::sync_with_stdio(false);

    int N, K; cin >> N >> K;
    int g = (N + (K - 1)) / K;
    vector<string> maze(g);
    rep(i, g) rep(j, g) maze[i].pb('.');
    int cnt = 0;
    bool f = true;
    rep(i, g) {
        REP(j, i, K+i) {
            if (j >= g) maze[i][j-g] = '#';
            else maze[i][j] = '#';
            cnt++;
            if (cnt >= N) {
                f = false;
                break;
            }
        }
        if (!f) break;
    }
    cout << g << endl;
    rep(i, g) cout << maze[i] << endl;
    return 0;
}