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Acquisitions (Fiscal Year 2012 Acquisitions) (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
0 Months Ended 3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Nov. 26, 2014
Apr. 02, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Sep. 30, 2014
Jun. 30, 2014
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Sep. 30, 2013
Jun. 30, 2013
Mar. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Jan. 03, 2012
Dec. 31, 2011
Apr. 05, 2012
Apr. 10, 2012
Apr. 17, 2012
Apr. 17, 2012
May 23, 2012
Jul. 23, 2012
Oct. 02, 2012
Oct. 09, 2012
Business Acquisition [Line Items]                                              
Date of acquisition                     Dec. 17, 2014                        
Fair value of the consideration paid   $ 69,026us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1                                          
Cash paid for business acquisition 54,552us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross 51,526us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross                                          
Value of shares paid for acquisition   17,500us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredEquityInterestsIssuedAndIssuable                                          
Revenue     187,438us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet 166,944us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet 151,512us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet 147,758us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet 154,817us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet 135,717us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet 120,787us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet 102,079us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet 653,652us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet 513,400us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet 353,633us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet                    
Operating income (loss)     4,228us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 8,208us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 4,362us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 9,517us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 17,976us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 28,570us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 16,796us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 17,519us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 26,315us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 80,861us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 60,571us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss                    
Initial Lease Term [Member]                                              
Business Acquisition [Line Items]                                              
Lease term                     5 years                        
Successive Lease Term [Member]                                              
Business Acquisition [Line Items]                                              
Lease term                     3 years                        
Number of successive lease terms                     2ddd_NumberOfSuccessiveLeaseTerms
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= ddd_SuccessiveLeaseTermMember
                       
Z Corporation And Vidar Systems Corporation [Member]                                              
Business Acquisition [Line Items]                                              
Date of acquisition                     Jan. 03, 2012                        
Business acquisition, ownership percentage                           100.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= ddd_ZCorporationAndVidarSystemsCorporationMember
                 
Cash paid for business acquisition                           134,918us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= ddd_ZCorporationAndVidarSystemsCorporationMember
                 
Revenue                         55,637us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= ddd_ZCorporationAndVidarSystemsCorporationMember
                   
Operating income (loss)                         8,478us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= ddd_ZCorporationAndVidarSystemsCorporationMember
                   
Pro forma revenue                         353,633us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionsProFormaRevenue
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= ddd_ZCorporationAndVidarSystemsCorporationMember
  286,956us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionsProFormaRevenue
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= ddd_ZCorporationAndVidarSystemsCorporationMember
               
Pro forma net income (loss)                         38,941us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionsProFormaNetIncomeLoss
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= ddd_ZCorporationAndVidarSystemsCorporationMember
  27,487us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionsProFormaNetIncomeLoss
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= ddd_ZCorporationAndVidarSystemsCorporationMember
               
Fresh Fiber B.V. [Member]                                              
Business Acquisition [Line Items]                                              
Date of acquisition                     Apr. 05, 2012                        
Business acquisition, ownership percentage                               100.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= ddd_FreshFiberBVMember
             
Fair value of the consideration paid                               1,243us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= ddd_FreshFiberBVMember
             
Cash paid for business acquisition                               848us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= ddd_FreshFiberBVMember
             
Value of shares paid for acquisition                               395us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredEquityInterestsIssuedAndIssuable
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= ddd_FreshFiberBVMember
             
Time Period Of Earnout                               3 years              
Kodama Studios, LLC [Member]                                              
Business Acquisition [Line Items]                                              
Date of acquisition                     Apr. 10, 2012                        
Business acquisition, ownership percentage                                 100.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= ddd_KodamaStudiosLlcMember
           
Fair value of the consideration paid                                 2,749us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= ddd_KodamaStudiosLlcMember
           
Cash paid for business acquisition                                 1,499us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= ddd_KodamaStudiosLlcMember
           
Value of shares paid for acquisition                                 1,250us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredEquityInterestsIssuedAndIssuable
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= ddd_KodamaStudiosLlcMember
           
Paramount Industries [Member]                                              
Business Acquisition [Line Items]                                              
Date of acquisition                     Apr. 17, 2012                        
Fair value of the consideration paid                                     7,953us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= ddd_ParamountIndustriesMember
       
Cash paid for business acquisition                                     6,138us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= ddd_ParamountIndustriesMember
       
Value of shares paid for acquisition                                     1,815us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredEquityInterestsIssuedAndIssuable
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= ddd_ParamountIndustriesMember
       
Time Period Of Earnout                                   5 years          
Bespoke Innovations, Inc. [Member]                                              
Business Acquisition [Line Items]                                              
Date of acquisition                     May 23, 2012                        
Business acquisition, ownership percentage                                       100.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= ddd_BespokeInnovationsIncMember
     
Fair value of the consideration paid                                       7,903us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= ddd_BespokeInnovationsIncMember
     
Cash paid for business acquisition                                       4,064us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= ddd_BespokeInnovationsIncMember
     
Value of shares paid for acquisition                                       3,144us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredEquityInterestsIssuedAndIssuable
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= ddd_BespokeInnovationsIncMember
     
Maximum Deferred Payment Of Seller                                       695ddd_MaximumDeferredPaymentOfSeller
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= ddd_BespokeInnovationsIncMember
     
Viztu Technologies, Inc. [Member]                                              
Business Acquisition [Line Items]                                              
Date of acquisition                     Jul. 23, 2012                        
Business acquisition, ownership percentage                                         100.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= ddd_ViztuTechnologiesIncMember
   
Fair value of the consideration paid                                         1,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= ddd_ViztuTechnologiesIncMember
   
Cash paid for business acquisition                                         500us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= ddd_ViztuTechnologiesIncMember
   
Value of shares paid for acquisition                                         500us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredEquityInterestsIssuedAndIssuable
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= ddd_ViztuTechnologiesIncMember
   
Maximum Earnout Payment                                         1ddd_MaximumEarnoutPayment
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= ddd_ViztuTechnologiesIncMember
   
Business acquisition agreement, period                                         4 years    
TIM Innovative Modelmakers B.V. [Member]                                              
Business Acquisition [Line Items]                                              
Date of acquisition                     Oct. 01, 2012                        
Business acquisition, ownership percentage                                           100.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= ddd_InnovativeModelmakersBVMember
 
Fair value of the consideration paid                                           1,714us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= ddd_InnovativeModelmakersBVMember
 
Cash paid for business acquisition                                           1,148us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= ddd_InnovativeModelmakersBVMember
 
Value of shares paid for acquisition                                           566us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredEquityInterestsIssuedAndIssuable
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= ddd_InnovativeModelmakersBVMember
 
INUS Technology, Inc. [Member]                                              
Business Acquisition [Line Items]                                              
Date of acquisition                     Oct. 09, 2012                        
Business acquisition, ownership percentage                                             100.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= ddd_InusTechnologyIncMember
Cash paid for business acquisition                                             $ 33,918us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= ddd_InusTechnologyIncMember