Shapeways Holdings, Inc. Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Significant Concentrations (Details)

Significant Concentrations (Details)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
Significant Concentrations (Details)	Sep. 30, 2021 Customer	Sep. 30, 2020 Customer	Sep. 30, 2021 Customer Vendor Customers Vendors	Sep. 30, 2020 Customer Customers Vendors Vendor	Dec. 31, 2020 Vendors Customers Customer
Accounts Payable [Member] \| Other Vendor [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Number of major vendor accounts payable over ten percent benchmark			0
Supplier Concentration Risk [Member] \| Cost of Goods and Service Benchmark [Member] \| Major Vendor [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage			15.00%	15.00%
Number of major vendor over ten percent benchmark \| Vendor			1	1
Supplier Concentration Risk [Member] \| Cost of Goods and Service Benchmark [Member] \| Other Vendor [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Number of major vendor over ten percent benchmark			0	0
Supplier Concentration Risk [Member] \| Accounts Payable [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Number of major vendor accounts payable over ten percent benchmark			4		5
Supplier Concentration Risk [Member] \| Accounts Payable [Member] \| Major Vendor One [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage			19.00%		18.00%
Supplier Concentration Risk [Member] \| Accounts Payable [Member] \| Major Vendor Two [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage			12.00%		15.00%
Supplier Concentration Risk [Member] \| Accounts Payable [Member] \| Major Vendor Three [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage			12.00%		15.00%
Supplier Concentration Risk [Member] \| Accounts Payable [Member] \| Major Vendor Four [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage			11.00%
Supplier Concentration Risk [Member] \| Accounts Payable [Member] \| Other Vendor [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Number of major vendor accounts payable over ten percent benchmark					0
Major Customer [Member] \| Customer Concentration Risk [Member] \| Revenue Benchmark [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage	22.00%	23.00%	23.00%	22.00%
Number of customers over ten percent benchmark \| Customer	0	0	1	1
Number of major vendor over ten percent benchmark \| Customer	1	1
Major Customer [Member] \| Customer Concentration Risk [Member] \| Accounts Receivable [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage			55.00%		32.00%
Number of major customers accounts receivableover ten percent benchmark \| Customer			1		1
Other Customer [Member] \| Customer Concentration Risk [Member] \| Revenue Benchmark [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%
Number of customers over ten percent benchmark \| Customers			0	0
Other Customer [Member] \| Customer Concentration Risk [Member] \| Accounts Receivable [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Number of major customers accounts receivableover ten percent benchmark \| Customers			0		0