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

Equity (Schedule of Stock-based Compensation) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	May 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Total stock-based compensation expenses	$ 4,500us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation	$ 30,207us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation	$ 24,262us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation	$ 8,874us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
Cost Of Sales [Member]
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Total stock-based compensation expenses		4,495	2,980	603
Research and Development, Net [Member]
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Total stock-based compensation expenses		4,862	3,491	960
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses [Member]
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Total stock-based compensation expenses		$ 20,850	$ 17,791	$ 7,311