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Acquisitions (Fiscal Year 2013 Acquisitions) (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	0 Months Ended		3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended			0 Months Ended
	Nov. 26, 2014	Apr. 02, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Jan. 09, 2013	Feb. 27, 2013	May 02, 2014	May 02, 2013	Aug. 06, 2013	Aug. 20, 2013	Sep. 06, 2013	Dec. 04, 2013	Dec. 13, 2013	Dec. 23, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013	Feb. 18, 2014	Jul. 15, 2013
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
Revenue			187,438us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	166,944us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	151,512us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	147,758us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	154,817us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	135,717us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	120,787us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	102,079us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	653,652us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	513,400us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	353,633us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
Operating income (loss)			4,228us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	8,208us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	4,362us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	9,517us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	17,976us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	28,570us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	16,796us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	17,519us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	26,315us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	80,861us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	60,571us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
COWEB [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Date of acquisition											Jan. 09, 2013
Business acquisition, ownership percentage														100.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_CowebMember
Cash paid for business acquisition														262us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_CowebMember
Geomagic [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Date of acquisition											Feb. 27, 2013
Business acquisition, ownership percentage															100.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_GeomagicMember
Cash paid for business acquisition															52,687us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_GeomagicMember
Rapid Product Development Group, Inc. [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Date of acquisition											May 01, 2013
Fair value of the consideration paid																	44,413us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1 / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_RapidProductDevelopmentGroupIncMember
Cash paid for business acquisition																	33,163us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_RapidProductDevelopmentGroupIncMember
Value of shares paid for acquisition																	6,750us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredEquityInterestsIssuedAndIssuable / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_RapidProductDevelopmentGroupIncMember
Business acquisition, deferred consideration payment																4,500ddd_BusinessAcquisitionDeferredConsiderationPayment / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_RapidProductDevelopmentGroupIncMember
Deferred cash payments to acquire businesses																3,750ddd_DeferredCashPaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_RapidProductDevelopmentGroupIncMember
Deferred value of shares paid for acquisition																750ddd_DeferredValueOfSharesPaidForAcquisition / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_RapidProductDevelopmentGroupIncMember
Duration of time before deferred purchase price paid																12 months
Phenix Systems [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Date of acquisition											Jul. 15, 2013
Business acquisition, ownership percentage			95.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_PhenixSystemsMember								95.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_PhenixSystemsMember															82.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_PhenixSystemsMember
Cash paid for business acquisition											16,975us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_PhenixSystemsMember
VisPower Technology Inc. [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Date of acquisition											Aug. 06, 2013
Business acquisition, ownership percentage																		100.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_VisPowerTechnologyIncMember
Cash paid for business acquisition																		4,998us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_VisPowerTechnologyIncMember
CDRM, Ltd. [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Date of acquisition											Aug. 20, 2013
Business acquisition, ownership percentage																			100.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_CdrmLtdMember
Cash paid for business acquisition																			6,399us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_CdrmLtdMember
The Sugar Lab [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Date of acquisition											Sep. 06, 2013
Fair value of the consideration paid																				1,500us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1 / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_SugarLabMember
Cash paid for business acquisition																				1,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_SugarLabMember
Value of shares paid for acquisition																				500us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredEquityInterestsIssuedAndIssuable / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_SugarLabMember
Figulo [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Date of acquisition											Dec. 04, 2013
Business acquisition, ownership percentage																					100.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_FiguloMember
Fair value of the consideration paid																					2,846us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1 / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_FiguloMember
Cash paid for business acquisition																					1,996us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_FiguloMember
Value of shares paid for acquisition																					850us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredEquityInterestsIssuedAndIssuable / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_FiguloMember
Village Plastics Co. [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Date of acquisition											Dec. 13, 2013
Business acquisition, ownership percentage																						100.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_VillagePlasticsCoMember
Fair value of the consideration paid																						6,361us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1 / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_VillagePlasticsCoMember
Cash paid for business acquisition																						4,361us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_VillagePlasticsCoMember
Value of shares paid for acquisition																						2,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredEquityInterestsIssuedAndIssuable / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_VillagePlasticsCoMember
Gentle Giant Studios [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Date of acquisition											Dec. 23, 2013
Business acquisition, ownership percentage																							100.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_GentleGiantStudiosMember
Fair value of the consideration paid																							10,650us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1 / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_GentleGiantStudiosMember
Cash paid for business acquisition																							7,975us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_GentleGiantStudiosMember
Value of shares paid for acquisition																							2,675us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredEquityInterestsIssuedAndIssuable / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_GentleGiantStudiosMember
Xerox Corporation Wilsonville, Oregon [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Date of acquisition											Dec. 31, 2013
Cash paid for business acquisition																								32,500us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ddd_XeroxCorporationWilsonvilleOregonMember
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
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