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

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

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- Document and Entity Information
Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
Accounting Policies
- Nature of Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policy)
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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Narrative) (Details)

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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Finite-lived intangible assets, gross	$ 766,618,000	$ 712,569,000
Impairment charges related to Digitizer desktop 3D scanner	14,600,000us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges
Amortization of intangible assets	81,900,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	61,300,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	8,100,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets
Research and development, developed technology [Member]
Finite-lived intangible assets, gross		49,500,000
Objet Ltd [Member] \| Research and development, developed technology [Member]
Finite-lived intangible assets, gross		24,700,000
MakerBot [Member] \| Research and development, developed technology [Member]
Finite-lived intangible assets, gross		$ 23,700,000

- Definition

The aggregate expense charged against earnings to allocate the cost of intangible assets (nonphysical assets not used in production) in a systematic and rational manner to the periods expected to benefit from such assets. As a noncash expense, this element is added back to net income when calculating cash provided by or used in operations using the indirect method.

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