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Debt Instrument, Number Of Loans

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Line Of Credit Facility, Maximum Possible Borrowings Subject To Application And Bank Approval

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Line of Credit Facility, Covenant Terms, Minimum Percentage of Borrowing Base or Total Commitment Amount

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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Debt - Other Indebtedness (Details)		1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Debt - Other Indebtedness (Details)	Nov. 20, 2017 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2020 USD ($) loan bank	Dec. 27, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 29, 2019 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2017
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Principal			$ 305,600,000	$ 300,000,000.0
Israel Debt \| Term Loan
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt term		5 years
Number of loans \| loan		2
Number Of banks \| bank		2
Principal		$ 5,100,000
Israel Debt \| Israeli NIS Prime Interest \| Term Loan
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate (percent)		1.50%
5-D Systems, Inc \| Term Loan
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Principal			$ 500,000
Stated interest rate			1.00%
Revolving Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Outstanding borrowings			$ 0	0
Remaining borrowing capacity			$ 71,900,000
Revolving Credit Facility \| Federal Funds Rate
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate (percent)			0.50%
Revolving Credit Facility \| LIBOR Rate
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate (percent)			1.00%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Base Rate \| Minimum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate (percent)			1.00%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Base Rate \| Maximum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate (percent)			1.50%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Eurodollar Rate \| Minimum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate (percent)			2.00%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Eurodollar Rate \| Maximum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate (percent)			2.50%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Amendment Credit Agreement
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt term	5 years
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 90,000,000.0
Potential maximum borrowing capacity, subject to Lender approval	115,000,000.0
Fixed charge coverage ratio					50.00%
Letter of Credit
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Outstanding borrowings			$ 5,900,000	$ 5,900,000
Letter of Credit \| Amendment Credit Agreement
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	50,000,000.0
Swing Line Loan \| Amendment Credit Agreement
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 10,000,000.0