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Acquisitions (Fiscal Year 2014 Acquisitions) (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	0 Months Ended		12 Months Ended	0 Months Ended
	Nov. 26, 2014	Apr. 02, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014	Feb. 18, 2014	Aug. 06, 2014	Aug. 13, 2014	Aug. 28, 2014	Sep. 03, 2014	Dec. 16, 2014	Feb. 09, 2015	Nov. 25, 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Date of acquisition			Dec. 17, 2014
Fair value of the consideration paid		$ 69,026us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1
Cash paid for business acquisition	54,552us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross	51,526us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross
Value of shares paid for acquisition		17,500us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredEquityInterestsIssuedAndIssuable
Digital PlaySpace, Inc. [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Date of acquisition			Feb. 18, 2014
Fair value of the consideration paid				4,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1 / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_DigitalPlayspaceIncMember
Cash paid for business acquisition				2,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_DigitalPlayspaceIncMember
Value of shares paid for acquisition				2,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredEquityInterestsIssuedAndIssuable / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_DigitalPlayspaceIncMember
Medical Modeling Inc. [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Date of acquisition			Apr. 02, 2014
Business acquisition, ownership percentage		100.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_MedicalModelingIncMember
Laser Reproductions [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Date of acquisition			Aug. 06, 2014
Fair value of the consideration paid					17,450us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1 / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_LaserReproductionsMember
Cash paid for business acquisition					13,075us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_LaserReproductionsMember
Value of shares paid for acquisition					4,375us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredEquityInterestsIssuedAndIssuable / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_LaserReproductionsMember
American Precision Machining And American Precision Prototyping, LLC [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Date of acquisition			Aug. 13, 2014
Cash paid for business acquisition						14,089us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_AmericanPrecisionMachiningAndAmericanPrecisionPrototypingLlcMember
Simbionix USA Corporation [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Date of acquisition			Aug. 28, 2014
Cash paid for business acquisition							121,562us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_SimbionixCorporationMember
Business acquisition, ownership percentage							100.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_SimbionixCorporationMember
LayerWise NV [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Date of acquisition			Sep. 03, 2014
Cash paid for business acquisition								41,933us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_LayerwiseNvMember
Business acquisition, ownership percentage								100.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_LayerwiseNvMember
Robtec [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Date of acquisition			Nov. 25, 2014
Cash paid for business acquisition	21,880us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_RobtecMember
Business acquisition, ownership percentage											70.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_RobtecMember
botObjects Ltd [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Date of acquisition			Dec. 16, 2014
Cash paid for business acquisition									24,743us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_BotobjectsLtdMember
Business acquisition, ownership percentage									100.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_BotobjectsLtdMember
Right to earn additional pursuant									3 years
Subsequent Event [Member] | Cimatron [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fair value of the consideration paid										77,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1 / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_CimatronMember / us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis = us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember
Maximum [Member] | botObjects Ltd [Member] | Forecast [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Long term earnouts related to acquisitions									$ 25,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiability / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_BotobjectsLtdMember / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MaximumMember / us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis = us-gaap_ScenarioForecastMember

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