#include <cstdio>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <cmath>
#include <climits>
#include <cassert>
#include <cstdint>
#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <string>
#include <stack>
#include <queue>
#include <vector>
#include <map>
#include <set>
#include <algorithm>
#include <numeric>
#include <bitset>

using namespace std;

using ll =  long long;
using Pll = pair<ll, ll>;
using Pii = pair<int, int>;

constexpr ll MOD = 1000000007;
constexpr long double EPS = 1e-10;
constexpr int dyx[4][2] = {
    { 0, 1}, {-1, 0}, {0,-1}, {1, 0}
};

map<Pll, ll> memo;

ll comb(ll n, ll r){
    if(n < r) return 0;
    if(n == r || r == 0){
        return 1;
    }else if(r == 1){
        return n;
    }else if(memo[Pll(n, r)] != 0){
        return memo[Pll(n, r)];
    }else{
        ll tmp = comb(n-1, r-1) + comb(n-1, r);
        return memo[Pll(n, r)] = min(2000LL, tmp);
    }
}

int main() {
    std::ios::sync_with_stdio(false); cin.tie(nullptr);
    ll n, k;
    cin >> n >> k;

    ll n_lines = max({n/k, k});
    cout << n_lines << endl;

    vector<vector<char>> a(n_lines, vector<char>(n_lines, '.'));
    vector<ll> line_count(n_lines), row_count(n_lines);
    int j = 0, cnt = 0;
    for(int i=0;i<n_lines && cnt<n;++i) {
        while(cnt < n && line_count[i] < k) {
            if(row_count[j] < k) {
                a[i][j] = '#';
                ++line_count[i];
                ++row_count[j];
                ++cnt;
            }
            ++j;
            if(j == n_lines) j = 0;
        }
    }

    for(int i=0;i<n_lines;++i) {
        for(int j=0;j<n_lines;++j) {
            cout << a[i][j];
        }
        cout << endl;
    }

}