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

Entity-Wide Disclosure (Schedule of Net Sales by Geographic Area) (Details)

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Entity-Wide Disclosure (Schedule of Net Sales by Geographic Area) (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Net sales $ 750,129us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet $ 484,403us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet $ 215,244us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
North America [Member]      
Net sales 405,880us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= us-gaap_NorthAmericaMember 		262,614us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= us-gaap_NorthAmericaMember 		113,854us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= us-gaap_NorthAmericaMember
Europe and Middle East [Member]      
Net sales 183,462us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= ssys_EuropeAndMiddleEastMember 		126,214us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= ssys_EuropeAndMiddleEastMember 		62,781us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= ssys_EuropeAndMiddleEastMember
Asia Pacific [Member]      
Net sales 150,475us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= us-gaap_AsiaPacificMember 		90,023us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= us-gaap_AsiaPacificMember 		35,450us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= us-gaap_AsiaPacificMember
Other [Member]      
Net sales $ 10,312us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= ssys_AllOtherGeographicalAreasMember 		$ 5,552us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= ssys_AllOtherGeographicalAreasMember 		$ 3,159us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= ssys_AllOtherGeographicalAreasMember