Reverse Recapitalization (Tables)  | 
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| Reverse Recapitalization [Abstract] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Schedule of Shares Issued in Merger | 
 The number of shares of common stock issued immediately following the consummation of the Merger was: 
 
(1) Upon consummation of the Merger, 175,173,445 Legacy Velo3D shares were exchanged at the Exchange Ratio and fractional shares were rounded to whole shares.
 
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- Definition Schedule Of Reverse Recapitalization No definition available. 
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