import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;

public class Main {
	static int mod = 1000000007;
 	public static void main(String[] args){
		FastScanner scanner = new FastScanner();
		int n = scanner.nextInt();
		int k = scanner.nextInt();
		int size = k*n/(k*k);
		char[][] a = new char[size][size];
		System.out.println(size);
		int now = 0;
		while(now <= size){
			for(int i = now; i < now+k; i++){
				for(int j = now; j < now+k; j++){
					if(n == 0) continue;
					if(i >= size || j >= size) continue;
					if(n > 0){
						a[i][j] = '#';
						n--;
					}
				}
			}
			now += k;
		}
		for(int i = 0; i < size; i++){
			for(int j = 0; j < size; j++){
				if(a[i][j] != '#'){
					a[i][j] = '.';
				}
				System.out.print(a[i][j]);
			}
			System.out.println();
		}
		//System.out.println(size);
	}
	static class UnionFind {
    int[] parent;
    public UnionFind(int size) {
      parent = new int[size];
      Arrays.fill(parent, -1);
    }
    public boolean unite(int x, int y) {
      x = root(x);
      y = root(y);
      if (x != y) {
        if (parent[y] < parent[x]) {
          int tmp = y;
          y = x;
          x = tmp;
        }
        parent[x] += parent[y];
        parent[y] = x;
        return true;
      }
      return false;
    }
    public boolean same(int x, int y) {
      return root(x) == root(y);
    }
    public int root(int x) {
      return parent[x] < 0 ? x : (parent[x] = root(parent[x]));
    }
    public int size(int x) {
      return -parent[root(x)];
    }
  }
	static class Pair implements Comparable<Pair>{
    int first, second;
    Pair(int a, int b){
        first = a;
        second = b;
    }
    @Override
    public boolean equals(Object o){
        if (this == o) return true;
        if (!(o instanceof Pair)) return false;
        Pair p = (Pair) o;
        return first == p.first && second == p.second;
    }
    @Override
    public int compareTo(Pair p){
        //return first == p.first ? second - p.second : first - p.first; //firstで昇順にソート
        //return (first == p.first ? second - p.second : first - p.first) * -1; //firstで降順にソート
        //return second == p.second ? first - p.first : second - p.second;//secondで昇順にソート
        //return (second == p.second ? first - p.first : second - p.second)*-1;//secondで降順にソート
		    //return first * 1.0 / second > p.first * 1.0 / p.second ? 1 : -1; // first/secondの昇順にソート
		    //return first * 1.0 / second < p.first * 1.0 / p.second ? 1 : -1; // first/secondの降順にソート
				//return second * 1.0 / first > p.second * 1.0 / p.first ? 1 : -1; // second/firstの昇順にソート
		    //return second * 1.0 / first < p.second * 1.0 / p.first ? 1 : -1; // second/firstの降順にソート
				//return Math.atan2(second, first) > Math.atan2(p.second, p.first) ? 1 : -1; // second/firstの昇順にソート
				//return first + second > p.first + p.second ? 1 : -1; //first+secondの昇順にソート
				return first + second < p.first + p.second ? 1 : -1; //first+secondの降順にソート
				//return first - second < p.first - p.second ? 1 : -1; //first+secondの降順にソート
		}
  }

	private static class FastScanner {
		private final InputStream in = System.in;
		private final byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
		private int ptr = 0;
		private int buflen = 0;
		private boolean hasNextByte() {
				if (ptr < buflen) {
						return true;
				}else{
						ptr = 0;
						try {
								buflen = in.read(buffer);
						} catch (IOException e) {
								e.printStackTrace();
						}
						if (buflen <= 0) {
								return false;
						}
				}
				return true;
		}
		private int readByte() { if (hasNextByte()) return buffer[ptr++]; else return -1;}
		private static boolean isPrintableChar(int c) { return 33 <= c && c <= 126;}
		public boolean hasNext() { while(hasNextByte() && !isPrintableChar(buffer[ptr])) ptr++; return hasNextByte();}
		public String next() {
				if (!hasNext()) throw new NoSuchElementException();
				StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
				int b = readByte();
				while(isPrintableChar(b)) {
						sb.appendCodePoint(b);
						b = readByte();
				}
				return sb.toString();
		}
		public long nextLong() {
				if (!hasNext()) throw new NoSuchElementException();
				long n = 0;
				boolean minus = false;
				int b = readByte();
				if (b == '-') {
						minus = true;
						b = readByte();
				}
				if (b < '0' || '9' < b) {
						throw new NumberFormatException();
				}
				while(true){
						if ('0' <= b && b <= '9') {
								n *= 10;
								n += b - '0';
						}else if(b == -1 || !isPrintableChar(b)){
								return minus ? -n : n;
						}else{
								throw new NumberFormatException();
						}
						b = readByte();
				}
		}
		public int nextInt() {
				long nl = nextLong();
				if (nl < Integer.MIN_VALUE || nl > Integer.MAX_VALUE) throw new NumberFormatException();
				return (int) nl;
		}
		public double nextDouble() { return Double.parseDouble(next());}
	}
}