Annual and transition report of foreign private issuers pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Property, Plant and Equipment (Details)

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Property, Plant and Equipment (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]      
Property, plant and equipment, gross $ 214,946,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross $ 145,417,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross  
Accumulated depreciation (84,228,000)us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment (61,439,000)us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment  
Property, plant and equipment, less capital work-in-progress 130,718,000ssys_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNetExcludingCapitalWorkInProgressAndLandAndImprovements 83,978,000ssys_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNetExcludingCapitalWorkInProgressAndLandAndImprovements  
Capital work-in-progess 26,318,000us-gaap_ConstructionInProgressGross 7,027,000us-gaap_ConstructionInProgressGross  
Property, plant and equipment, net 157,036,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet 91,005,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet  
Depreciation 26,200,000us-gaap_Depreciation 14,600,000us-gaap_Depreciation 7,600,000us-gaap_Depreciation
Machinery and Equipment [Member]      
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]      
Property, plant and equipment, gross 95,558,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_MachineryAndEquipmentMember
58,443,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_MachineryAndEquipmentMember
 
Buildings and Improvements [Member]      
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]      
Property, plant and equipment, gross 53,171,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_BuildingAndBuildingImprovementsMember
34,820,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_BuildingAndBuildingImprovementsMember
 
Computer Equipment and Software [Member]      
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]      
Property, plant and equipment, gross 40,556,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_ComputerEquipmentMember
31,103,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_ComputerEquipmentMember
 
Office Equipment, Furniture and Fixtures [Member]      
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]      
Property, plant and equipment, gross 14,559,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= ssys_OfficeEquipmentFurnitureAndFixturesMember
9,930,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= ssys_OfficeEquipmentFurnitureAndFixturesMember
 
Land [Member]      
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]      
Property, plant and equipment, gross $ 11,102,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LandMember
$ 11,121,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LandMember