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)

Acquisitions and Other Business Activities (Narrative) (Details)

Acquisitions and Other Business Activities (Narrative) (Details) $ in Thousands				1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jul. 14, 2014 USD ($) shares	Aug. 15, 2013 USD ($) shares	Aug. 15, 2013 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2015 USD ($) shares	Apr. 30, 2015 USD ($) ft² item	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Jul. 01, 2015	Sep. 22, 2014	Aug. 01, 2014
Change in fair value of obligations in connection with acquisitions											$ (23,671)	$ (26,150)	$ 754
Consideration issued for acquisition						$ 39,000
Fair value of shares issued and stock options												$ 117,845	$ 453,217
Reverse stock split											one-for-8.691
Area of new building space under construction \| ft²						121,000
Area of additional building rights \| ft²						387,500
Restructuring charges											$ 26,200
Repayments of Short-term Debt											175,000
Impairment charges							$ 0	$ 183,400
Goodwill impairment loss							96,500	695,500			942,408	$ 102,470
Goodwill balance							383,853			$ 1,195,900	383,853	1,323,502	$ 1,195,900
Revolving credit facility [Member]
Amount outstanding				$ 250,000				$ 250,000
Maturity term				5 years
Repayments of Short-term Debt				$ 175,000
Additional financial expense on termination of short-term debt											2,700
Cost of sales [Member]
Restructuring charges											9,900
Selling, general and administrative expenses [Member]
Restructuring charges											14,800
Research and Development, Net [Member]
Restructuring charges											1,500
Workforce reductions [Member]
Restructuring charges											10,400
Objet Ltd [Member]
Goodwill balance							384,000				384,000
Solid Concepts Inc [Member]
Ownership percentage	100.00%
Change in fair value of obligations in connection with acquisitions											23,700	7,900
Acquisition related costs											2,900
Potential retention related payments	$ 77,000										10,000
Retention related payments											$ 100	13,100
Other intangible assets	$ 38,320
Weighted Average Life - Years											6 years 7 months 6 days
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Acquisitions \| shares	978,601,000
Fair value of shares issued and stock options	$ 97,869
Shares issued to settle the first annual installment of the deferred payments, share \| shares					118,789
Shares issued to settle the first annual installment of the deferred payments					$ 4,100
Cash paid to settle the first annual installment of the deferred payments					$ 900
Goodwill balance							0				$ 0
Solid Concepts Inc [Member] \| Customer Relationships [Member]
Weighted Average Life - Years											6 years
Impairment charges											$ 12,400
Solid Concepts Inc [Member] \| Level 3 [Member]
Fair value of the remaining deferred payments							7,000				7,000
Undiscounted amount of the remaining deferred payments							8,100				$ 8,100
Increase percentage in share price whose effect on fair value of deferred payments											10.00%
Increase in fair value of deferred payments due to increase of share price											$ 700
Decrease percentage in share price whose effect on fair value of deferred payments liability											10.00%
Increase in fair value of deferred payments liability due to decrease of share price											$ 200
Solid Concepts Inc [Member] \| Retention-related and other payments [Member]
Cash paid for acquisitions	$ 19,600
Shares issued to settle the first annual installment of the deferred payments, share \| shares					117,611
Shares issued to settle the first annual installment of the deferred payments					$ 4,100
Cash paid to settle the first annual installment of the deferred payments					$ 2,800
GrabCAD
Ownership percentage															100.00%
Harvest Technologies Inc. [Member]
Ownership percentage																100.00%
MakerBot [Member]
Ownership percentage		100.00%	100.00%
Change in fair value of obligations in connection with acquisitions												18,300
Consideration issued for acquisition			$ 493,700
Earn-out obligation amount										10,800			10,800
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Acquisitions \| shares		3,920,000
Exchange for fully diluted shares \| shares		73,000
Amount of shares issued for which the company paid tax withholding payments \| shares		115,000
Amount of shares held to secure indemnification rights \| shares		655,000
Shares held to settlements of indemnification rights at the end of hold-back period \| shares		651,000
Earn-out obligation		$ 28,300	$ 28,300
Earn amount on performance bonus plan										$ 10,800
Value of earn-out payments											0
Selling, general and administrative expenses													$ 6,100
Number of retail store closed \| item						3
Impairment charges									$ 43,200		108,700	11,600
Goodwill impairment loss											269,500	102,500
Goodwill balance							0				0	$ 376,000
MakerBot [Member] \| Facilities consolidation [Member]
Restructuring charges											15,800
MakerBot [Member] \| Customer Relationships [Member]
Weighted Average Life - Years			1 year
MakerBot [Member] \| Trade name [Member]
Weighted Average Life - Years			11 years
MakerBot [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Shares issued in earn-out payments \| shares												800,000
Solidscape, Inc [Member]
Goodwill balance							$ 0				$ 0
Rapid Technologies GmbH ("RTC") [Member]
Ownership percentage														100.00%